Wall lockers misbehaving.

SouthernGorilla

I was watching a video today and the guy had wall lockers lined up four to a wall on each wall of his multipurpose room. I tried it on mine and could get four lockers on two of the walls but only three on all the others. Even when there was plenty of space, the locker would stay red when I was trying to place it. Is there some trick to getting the lockers to behave? I've tried placing them at the top, bottom, and middle with no difference. I don't understand why it would work on some walls but not others in my game and work on all the walls in someone else's game. The lockers seem to behave differently depending on where they are. In the Cyclops I could line up lockers so close the frames actually overlapped so it looked like a row of doors in a single cabinet, while in a multipurpose room they seem to require a larger gap than if I put them in a corridor. I don't understand why I can't get them to behave the same every time.

Ralij

I've found that sometimes you need to change the distance to where you are placing them or changing your angle helps. Goes for plant pots too. Beyond that... they're just finicky. Wish I could be more help, but that's all I got.

SouthernGorilla

Well at least I know I'm not insane then. I have moved closer so it was easier to do fine movements. But too close and it won't let you build anything. I know most people don't care much about bases beyond making sure they have what they need... but I'm pretty obsessive about how things go together. It drives me batty to see different gaps in places or items that aren't lined up precisely.

garath

I am so disappointed this thread is only about placing the lockers and not about opening them. Every time I play, opening the lockers causes all manner of weirdness.

But yeah. It can also be quite frustrating placing them in the first place. After a couple hundred hours playtime you hardly notice it anymore.

lucianopitts

Even I have faced the problem of misbehaving lockers. When I place the locker, it is quite difficult to make movements. Aren't there any lockers that will resolve these problems.

Jarin

garath wrote: »

I am so disappointed this thread is only about placing the lockers and not about opening them. Every time I play, opening the lockers causes all manner of weirdness.

Try taking a step closer to the lockers to resolve the opening weirdness. It only happens to me at maximum interaction range.

dork42

I have noticed that placing Hull Upgrades and connected modules messes with interior placement, I try to put everything in place before building my next room.

jamintheinfinite_1

They are misbehaving? Then put them in time out until they start being good again. Problem solve.

garath

Jarin wrote: »

garath wrote: »

I am so disappointed this thread is only about placing the lockers and not about opening them. Every time I play, opening the lockers causes all manner of weirdness.

Try taking a step closer to the lockers to resolve the opening weirdness. It only happens to me at maximum interaction range.

I see problems opening lockers even when I'm standing right on top of them. I tend to think it has something to do with how I aim and how close the lockers are to each other maybe. Granted though, I last played about two months ago. But what I remember happening sometimes was this: I go to open a locker, and my hand icon changes or something but the locker doesn't open. It has been a while since I played so I may not be describing it very well.

Jarin

garath wrote: »

I go to open a locker, and my hand icon changes or something but the locker doesn't open. It has been a while since I played so I may not be describing it very well.

That's what I see, but only at max range. It is fully reproducible though. There's a specific range where that always happens.